11.   The government claimed that the attackers had crossed the nearby border from South Africa.

12.   The federal government claimed that the plotters aimed to seize the state by force, with the help of foreign mercenaries.

13.   The government also claimed that the strike was unofficial and therefore illegal.

14.   Rejecting the right of the United States to be the policeman of the Caribbean, the government claimed that it had offered a search by the Mexican authorities.

15.   The Afghan government claimed that artillery and infantry units of the Pakistan army had actually entered the battle at a decisive stage in late March.

16.   The government claimed that the new arrangements would leave two out of three households better off.

17.   The government had claimed that Diouri had maintained illegal contacts with Libya and with Iraq while staying in France.

18.   That month the government claimed to have signed a peace agreement with the PNO.

19.   The government claimed that the decision was a procedural one and that holding local elections in November would conflict with the elections for the DCC.

20.   The Vietnamese government claimed that this was a violation of its sovereignty.